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steve will teach him how to be the clutzy neighbor next door. killing thousands of my own citizens--did i do that? next up, fidel castro--is he still alive. we're going to match him up with the principal of "saved by the bell." if they're both alive or if thereabout deadthey're both dead they're going to retire in arizona. and finally the ghost of hugo chavez will be paired up by the ghost of patrick swayze in the movie "ghost." they'll strap on comfy track suits. it will be awkward at first. but once that clay starts spinning it will be peace and harmony. i'm still trying to decide which spice girl is good for ahmadinejad. i'm done talking now. >> michael: thank you for joining us in "the war room." have a great night. have a terrific weekend. cenk: welcome to "the young turks." bold new ideas for republicans at cpac. >> it's time for liberty to expand government must shrink. cenk: we look into the heart of darkness in a new documentary. >> we know you know they're the next attack against the united states but we're not going to force you to te
steve will teach him how to be the clutzy neighbor next door. killing thousands of my own citizens--did i do that? next up, fidel castro--is he still alive. we're going to match him up with the principal of "saved by the bell." if they're both alive or if thereabout deadthey're both dead they're going to retire in arizona. and finally the ghost of hugo chavez will be paired up by the ghost of patrick swayze in the movie "ghost." they'll strap on comfy track suits. it will be...
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. >> let's bring in steve let me begin with you. is this not rank hypocrisy on the part of recommendation if you go back to 2004 in terms of what was being said then about john kerry in the aftermath of george w. bush's perceived then at least foreign policy success? >> in short, yes. dick cheney essentially in essentially every foreign policy speech he gave referenced how the bush-cheney team was doing the kinds of things that no other administration would do and no other leader would do, and using in that case fear mongering. i don't know barack obama is fear mongering he took a very high risk track and he pulled it off. but had he not done so, had things gone badly we would not be talking about that, and barack obama would probably be leaving the white house after this next election. so the g.o.p. has done this, and every president tries to demonstrate they've got the ability to make hard decisions in times of crisis. obama would have owned the failure had it been a failure. and he gets to own the success that is a success. >> i
. >> let's bring in steve let me begin with you. is this not rank hypocrisy on the part of recommendation if you go back to 2004 in terms of what was being said then about john kerry in the aftermath of george w. bush's perceived then at least foreign policy success? >> in short, yes. dick cheney essentially in essentially every foreign policy speech he gave referenced how the bush-cheney team was doing the kinds of things that no other administration would do and no other leader...
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not that steve jobs didn't create jobs. he did. the question is where did he create them? >> there was an excellent article apple that 43,000 jobs in the u.s. and abroad, 700,000 jobs. they might create jobs but they're in china not here. how about the auto bailout? what happened after the preauto bailout and post auto bailout 14.1% unemployment, after the bailout, 9.3. i believe that's more jobs in michigan. when you hear that talking about, understand what kind of nonsense it is. now where it gets maddening is when you talk about the companies that went bankruptcy and how their c.e.o.'s got paid anyway. wall street journal had an excellent article about this. one example was a company called lesa corporation. they cut 28 factories, 28,000 jobs, a lot of jobs to cut. they wiped out shareholders. so you know who the shareholders are, right? they're the guys who owned the company, gone. obviously if the shareholders got cut employees got cult, the executives didn't get anything, right? wrong again. the executives got a combined $20.6 million. why? why on god's green earth w
not that steve jobs didn't create jobs. he did. the question is where did he create them? >> there was an excellent article apple that 43,000 jobs in the u.s. and abroad, 700,000 jobs. they might create jobs but they're in china not here. how about the auto bailout? what happened after the preauto bailout and post auto bailout 14.1% unemployment, after the bailout, 9.3. i believe that's more jobs in michigan. when you hear that talking about, understand what kind of nonsense it is. now...
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. >> cenk: steve jobs is the biggest generousbiggest genius in america. >> marijuana on unlike alcohol, is not addictive. people who smoke pot want to smoke pot. they don't have to smoke pot. they just want to smoke pot. there are a continue of people all over the world in amsterdam for instance, it's illegal there, but every citizen in amsterdam does not smoke pot. it's a small percentage who smoke pot legally. >> cenk: we're out of time. on the issue of impairment, barack obama, bill clinton steve jobs none of them seem long-term impaired. on the other hand, sandra, to your point, george w. bush. it was a great conversation. sandra solin and tommy chong. thank you so much. >> i brought a present. >> cenk: theseyou did? >> these are called not a pipe. >> cenk: what do they do? >> you're not supposed to take them off. and you're not supposed to take them out of the string. >> cenk: which you just did. >> and you're not supposed to put the substance in this end. and you're not supposed to light it. >> cenk: then i will not do that after you give it to me. >> it's not a pipe. >> cenk: al
. >> cenk: steve jobs is the biggest generousbiggest genius in america. >> marijuana on unlike alcohol, is not addictive. people who smoke pot want to smoke pot. they don't have to smoke pot. they just want to smoke pot. there are a continue of people all over the world in amsterdam for instance, it's illegal there, but every citizen in amsterdam does not smoke pot. it's a small percentage who smoke pot legally. >> cenk: we're out of time. on the issue of impairment, barack...
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but as new york congressman steve israel said today more federal and state actions are needed too. >> if those weapons can permeate new york's borders, it makes it tougher. >> john: for more, i'm now joined by a key figure in the guns debate, virginia democratic congressman bobby scott is the ranking member of the crime terrorism and homeland security subcommittee and vice chair of the gun violence prevention task force. he joins us this evening. what a pleasure to have you. >> thank you. >> john: sir you've talked about the need for a comprehensive approach to tackle gun violence. it sounds like you and the president agree. so what do you think of the proposals you've heard so far? >> the proposals haven't come out. they'll come out tomorrow. and we look forward to that. the vice president was making recommendations and we met with him yesterday and it is clear to me he wants some evidence-based comprehensive approach, recognizing that no one initiative can solve the problem that we saw in newtown connecticut. we need a comprehensive approach. obviously it will include some gun safet
but as new york congressman steve israel said today more federal and state actions are needed too. >> if those weapons can permeate new york's borders, it makes it tougher. >> john: for more, i'm now joined by a key figure in the guns debate, virginia democratic congressman bobby scott is the ranking member of the crime terrorism and homeland security subcommittee and vice chair of the gun violence prevention task force. he joins us this evening. what a pleasure to have you....
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let me ask you the same question that i just asked steve and joshua. what is the next step that can help service members who were gay. >> whether it's from secretary panetta or secretary hagel. they have been sitting on this for two years where they've examined extending a a series of benefits that would significantly improve the lives of soldiers, sailers marines coast guardsmen like these and and they're just sitting on them. we need leadership and we need it now. >> cenk: there has been criticism of chuck hagel for being anti-gay because he called an ambassador openly and aggressively gay. i still don't know what that means. but now there is an ad against hagel. that's video c-14, guys. let's roll that. >> hagel is anti-woman, anti-choice, anti-israel anti-gay, and pro assault weapon. that's just not what we voted for in november. >> cenk: of course, that's not a liberal group running that. that's a neo-conservative group that hates the position because it's not aggressively militaristic enough. does hagel have a problem on this issue or no? >> well
let me ask you the same question that i just asked steve and joshua. what is the next step that can help service members who were gay. >> whether it's from secretary panetta or secretary hagel. they have been sitting on this for two years where they've examined extending a a series of benefits that would significantly improve the lives of soldiers, sailers marines coast guardsmen like these and and they're just sitting on them. we need leadership and we need it now. >> cenk: there...
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we have senator steve cohen. he does not have a dunce cap. thankthank you for being here. >> you're welcome, daddy just one of your children here. >> michael: where is my father's day gift, congressman. >> notice the mail. >> michael: i'm waiting. the house is on its way to its worst report card ever. tell us why. >> well, it's amazing. the republicans are in charge, and rather than trying to get some things done, they would rather just message. they tried 37 times to repeal the affordable care act. they tried so many times to appeal to their base on issues concerning regulation. it was funny the other day i watched some tv show about ronald reagan and his speech--you could have heard his speech yesterday in the house. it was about small business, regulations and government spending. and it's the same problem but the fact is that ronald reagan was in the house he would be considered a liberal because ronald reagan did under some things about government to make it work. these people in charge--the tea party is in control. they don't want to ge
we have senator steve cohen. he does not have a dunce cap. thankthank you for being here. >> you're welcome, daddy just one of your children here. >> michael: where is my father's day gift, congressman. >> notice the mail. >> michael: i'm waiting. the house is on its way to its worst report card ever. tell us why. >> well, it's amazing. the republicans are in charge, and rather than trying to get some things done, they would rather just message. they tried 37 times...
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>>steve jobs was many things but he was not a politician. ♪ >> eliot: freedom is a precious commodity that must be guarded often in desire circumstances and at unpopular times. thankfully our judiciary has found the courage to do so, during some critical moments in our history. one such moment came last week. a federal judge prevented enforcement of a statute that gave government almost unlimited power to arrest anybody who supported a terrorist group, and to detain them indefinitely without charges. well respected journalists sought this injunction. after all they have contact with representatives of terrorist groups in the course of their reporting work. without guidance about what the statute meant they could not know if they were in violation of it. but the lawyer for the department of justice would provide no such guidance, refusing over and over to explain what would count as support or to put any limitations on the phrase. would repeating the claims and objectives of a terrorist group violate the law? the department of justice lawyer would not say. to the shock of the governmen
>>steve jobs was many things but he was not a politician. ♪ >> eliot: freedom is a precious commodity that must be guarded often in desire circumstances and at unpopular times. thankfully our judiciary has found the courage to do so, during some critical moments in our history. one such moment came last week. a federal judge prevented enforcement of a statute that gave government almost unlimited power to arrest anybody who supported a terrorist group, and to detain them...
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. >> john: in many ways when you look at steve king if it was an immigrant, we have to revise the whole program you're the same guys who say all gun owners should not be penalized by the action of a few. but now you're going to do that with immigrants and visas? the expansion of background checks failed to get the necessary votes today. if it has the support of 90% of americans, and it still can't pass the senate, is there any hope of strengthening gun control in this country? i'll go to the mom first. >> the fact that these guys are elected to vote on our behalf, and this is what they do when 90% of america agrees with this, they should be fired. they are not doing their job. this is ridiculous. no one needs a magazine. if he had--how many times are we going to hear it. if he had to stop and reload there will be more children on this earth right now. >> john: jim i know you're a republican much love and respect, but when the majority of republicans and majority of nra members supported this, this is not leftest like banning assault weapons like ronald reagan fought for this is for back
. >> john: in many ways when you look at steve king if it was an immigrant, we have to revise the whole program you're the same guys who say all gun owners should not be penalized by the action of a few. but now you're going to do that with immigrants and visas? the expansion of background checks failed to get the necessary votes today. if it has the support of 90% of americans, and it still can't pass the senate, is there any hope of strengthening gun control in this country? i'll go to...
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what does "snl"," steve colbert and jimmy fallen have to say about it? when it doesn't fit anywhere else we put it in the viewfinder viewfinder. >> according to 70 million people watched wednesday's debate on tv, online or from one of the podiums. >> everybody here is incredible professionals, such great friends and perform flawlessly night after night. i can't always say the same. >> mr. president. >> i'm sorry yeah, yeah, what's up. >> mr. president, governor romney has just said that he killed osama bin laden. would you care to respond. >> no, you two go ahead. >> i think went on thinking this was going to be a discussion on the country's future and he was confronted by this performance on the other side gantry-esque. >> elmer. >> who is this elmer gantry, and what do you really know about him? his background, his reputation? what does he want? money? my job? you? what. >> that's a bit of a stretch my gosh, elmer gantry was a creek. >> elmer gantry was an all american boy. >> this debate was right in his whole house soul-crushing bore dumb. it was so
what does "snl"," steve colbert and jimmy fallen have to say about it? when it doesn't fit anywhere else we put it in the viewfinder viewfinder. >> according to 70 million people watched wednesday's debate on tv, online or from one of the podiums. >> everybody here is incredible professionals, such great friends and perform flawlessly night after night. i can't always say the same. >> mr. president. >> i'm sorry yeah, yeah, what's up. >> mr....
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. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: steve king. >> the stunning steve king. >> stephanie: stunning steve king according to michellee bachmann bachmann. maybe he inadvertently climbed one of his electric fences. he is asking for cash to stave off efforts by the karl rove group. karl rove have already launched a crusade against me. [ baby crying ] >> stephanie: yes, he is the one that said that would work the electrified fence because it works on his farm animals. >> yes equating the two -- >> stephanie: that was not offensive to anybody. >> oh, boy. >> stephanie: wait, one more. fight! fight! fight! [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> a group of conservatives called on american cross roads to fire its spokesman. he went on the radio station and said he is a hater for opposing the new rove group. >> okay. >> stephanie: he said he is hater and also has a long soredid history. [ applause ] >> he looks like he smells of ginn-flavored cigarettes. >> stephanie: a number of activists, mark levin. >> stephanie: and tony perkins. >> no god! >> stephanie: no not that family. the
. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: steve king. >> the stunning steve king. >> stephanie: stunning steve king according to michellee bachmann bachmann. maybe he inadvertently climbed one of his electric fences. he is asking for cash to stave off efforts by the karl rove group. karl rove have already launched a crusade against me. [ baby crying ] >> stephanie: yes, he is the one that said that would work the electrified fence because it works on...
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>>steve jobs was many things but he was not a politician. >> cenk: all right, we're back on "the young turks." a poll on which news organizations inform people better. they asked domestic and foreign policy questions to see how they do. fox finished at the bottom but that was only in the state of new jersey. so they did a national one. let's take a look at the numbers. out of five questions npr did best out of 1.51 questions asked, that is not great. cnn 1.26 and also msnbc. and then no news at all. you scored 1.22 out of five questions. if you watched fox news you did worse than guys who got no news at all. with only 1.04 questions right. if you watched fox news you would be more more misinformed if you watched no news at all. they misdirect you. this thing that they're trying to drum up, the black on white crime. case in norfolk where blacks attacked white youth. but bill o'reilly noticed a bigger president bush. >> we believed avoided covering the story. consider what would have happened if a mob of white men descended on a car and beat up a black man and black women. you know what
>>steve jobs was many things but he was not a politician. >> cenk: all right, we're back on "the young turks." a poll on which news organizations inform people better. they asked domestic and foreign policy questions to see how they do. fox finished at the bottom but that was only in the state of new jersey. so they did a national one. let's take a look at the numbers. out of five questions npr did best out of 1.51 questions asked, that is not great. cnn 1.26 and also...
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we're joined today by steve increase man and by a rancher. i ewe up in new york city. gentlemen, thanks for being on "the young turks." >> thanks for having us. >> thank you. >> benjamin, i want to talk about the ranching. what is it about this pipeline and how will it affect your life and the life of people who do what you do? what are the impacts on your business? >> well, the first impact's going to be the immediate impacts of construction on the land itself, so for example what folks from where i'm from in the sand hills were concerned about was the impacts on that landscape, because it's very fragile. sand hills is the name, and that's the soil. it's sand, and folks are concerned about erosion wind erosion, and things like that. another impact is to the aquifer. this pipeline will be directly in the aquifer. that's the largest fresh water source in north america and the sows of all of our agricultural livestock and irrigation water and source of the economy in my state. >> we almost wore the same thing today. i'm glad that didn't happen. you know i think that in s
we're joined today by steve increase man and by a rancher. i ewe up in new york city. gentlemen, thanks for being on "the young turks." >> thanks for having us. >> thank you. >> benjamin, i want to talk about the ranching. what is it about this pipeline and how will it affect your life and the life of people who do what you do? what are the impacts on your business? >> well, the first impact's going to be the immediate impacts of construction on the land...
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here's, for example representative steve stockman, responding to the president's press conference. >> if he thinks these bills are good, his law is good, he should go through congress. he's not a king. reminds me of saddam hussein when he used kids. >> jennifer: the question, which is coming out of all of this is whether the president should fight for rational policy that he knows will not pass an irrational house of representatives. and the answer to that question is really in a painting by grace mcdonnell, a 6-year-old sandy hook victim whose dad gave the president a piece of her artwork >> obama: i think about grace. i think about the life that she lived. and the life that lay ahead of her. and most of all, i think about how when it comes to protecting the most vulnerable among us, we must act now. >> jennifer: for grace, this fight is worth waging. and for her this fight may even be worth losing in the short term anyway. because while the president might be able to squeak out an unsatisfying victory a small and ugly bill riddled with loopholes and signifying nothing, perhaps in th
here's, for example representative steve stockman, responding to the president's press conference. >> if he thinks these bills are good, his law is good, he should go through congress. he's not a king. reminds me of saddam hussein when he used kids. >> jennifer: the question, which is coming out of all of this is whether the president should fight for rational policy that he knows will not pass an irrational house of representatives. and the answer to that question is really in a...
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i think that's the real story. >> bill: i like that idea steve. i wish we would call it union friday particularly when it comes to wal-mart. but what you should do is patronize and shop at your union affiliated stores like costco and target right? and not wal-mart. >> that's a good one. plus all of the small businesses. >> bill: yeah, turn it into a positive. i like that idea, steve. >> when the presidential candidates are spending like drunken sailors you can't blame the people for doing the same thing. >> bill: steve good to hear from you in a good suburb of chicago, orchard park, who is kalli. >> caller: good morning, bill. i shopped small store and i am only shopping small stores all the time. >> bill: that's a great thing to do. president obama did that as well on small his ability, is trying to look out for us. [ technical difficulties ] >> bill: spend, spend, spend. >> spend it if you have got it. >> bill: help that american economy, especially in your small and local businesses and those stores that you know are union friendly. we'll come
i think that's the real story. >> bill: i like that idea steve. i wish we would call it union friday particularly when it comes to wal-mart. but what you should do is patronize and shop at your union affiliated stores like costco and target right? and not wal-mart. >> that's a good one. plus all of the small businesses. >> bill: yeah, turn it into a positive. i like that idea, steve. >> when the presidential candidates are spending like drunken sailors you can't blame...
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and turns out he was really dangerous and turns out he had a son named steve jobs who created all those jobs and became the most successive company in the world. as they are thwarting the immigration bill, are they doing themselves any favors or is this going to bite them later. >> i have a heard time believing that they're going to thwart the immigration bill over this. emotions are running high, and i think there are legitimate questions not connected to immigration but law enforcement. we now know that the older brother, tamarian, was questioned by the fbi. he was someone that the russian government felt might have ties of concern the u.s. government questioned him. by all accounts he was some how lost. they stopped keeping an eye on him, and you know, dial a few months forward and you have this terrible incident. it seems more of a law enforcement lapse here than any problem with our immigration system as the other guests pointed out. these guys came in as children. they didn't immigrate from chechnya. they immigrated from kurdistan. they're originally from chechnya but they didn't
and turns out he was really dangerous and turns out he had a son named steve jobs who created all those jobs and became the most successive company in the world. as they are thwarting the immigration bill, are they doing themselves any favors or is this going to bite them later. >> i have a heard time believing that they're going to thwart the immigration bill over this. emotions are running high, and i think there are legitimate questions not connected to immigration but law enforcement....
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>>steve jobs was many things but he was not a politician. >>we're just getting started. (vo) the state of the 2012 campaign. >> eliot: after over 10 years the war in afghanistan appears to be winding down. earlier this month president obama flew to afghanistan to sign the strategic partnership agreement with afghan president hamid karzai assuring that american troops would be out of a of afghanistan in 2014. in the words of his predecessor mission accomplished. the n.a.t.o. transitioned out of afghanistan will begin in 2013 when security forces take the lead of combat situations with all drops removed from the country in 2014 leaving all provinces in the hands of the afghan troops. a move that some say is too soon. a fear that the president echoed and said enough is enough. >> i don't think there is ever going to be an optimal point where we say this is all done. this is perfect. this is just the way we wanted it and now we can you know, wrap up all of our equipment and go home. no matter how much good we're doing, and how outstanding our troops and our civilians and dip
>>steve jobs was many things but he was not a politician. >>we're just getting started. (vo) the state of the 2012 campaign. >> eliot: after over 10 years the war in afghanistan appears to be winding down. earlier this month president obama flew to afghanistan to sign the strategic partnership agreement with afghan president hamid karzai assuring that american troops would be out of a of afghanistan in 2014. in the words of his predecessor mission accomplished. the n.a.t.o....
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. >> jennifer: that's iowa tea party congressman and crazytown resident steve king. he's one of 11 congressional members who days after hurricane katrina voted against $51.8 billion in relief spending in louisiana and mississippi. and now, just days after hurricane sandy he obviously has not changed his tune. and it is that kind of radical radical/insane thinking that's gotten him into his tightest re-election race yet. the latest ppp poll has him running three points ahead of his democratic opponent, christie vilsack. 48% to 45% in iowa. congressman king is not alone. several of his fellow representatives from tea party crazytown are in the political fights of their lives as well. begin with minnesota congresswoman michele bachmann. she's off the charts in name recognition. she raised $18 million more than her democratic opponent jim graves. her district has an 8% republican registration edge but still she only leads graves by 6 points. florida congressman allen west, he's raised $17 million compared to the $3.5 million of his democratic opponent patrick murphy. but
. >> jennifer: that's iowa tea party congressman and crazytown resident steve king. he's one of 11 congressional members who days after hurricane katrina voted against $51.8 billion in relief spending in louisiana and mississippi. and now, just days after hurricane sandy he obviously has not changed his tune. and it is that kind of radical radical/insane thinking that's gotten him into his tightest re-election race yet. the latest ppp poll has him running three points ahead of his...
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you have to have one crazy demand according to steve martin so you can plead insanity. >> president obama has touched a down in tel aviv. president said it was good to get away from congress. he will visit jerusalem this afternoon visiting with president perez at his residence and participate in a tree-planting ceremony, photo op and bilateral meeting with the press. tonight he meets to netanyahu at his home. the president will stay the night in jerusalem. as for what is likely to come unin conversation, the worsening crisis in syria and the iran's nuclear program. >> steven colbert's sister is now the designee for the empty seat. former governor mark sanford has made the run off cut. he got about 37%. that second run off or the run off will be april 2. he will face former charleston council man or state senator grooms. massachusetts senator elizabeth warren is writing a new book she plans to call "rigged" all about fighting for the middle class. we're back with more show after the break. stay with us. ♪ >> announcer: ladies and gentlemen, it's the "stephanie miller show." ♪ hal: welc
you have to have one crazy demand according to steve martin so you can plead insanity. >> president obama has touched a down in tel aviv. president said it was good to get away from congress. he will visit jerusalem this afternoon visiting with president perez at his residence and participate in a tree-planting ceremony, photo op and bilateral meeting with the press. tonight he meets to netanyahu at his home. the president will stay the night in jerusalem. as for what is likely to come...
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times columnest steve lopez asked the staff to raise their hands if they would quit in the koch brothers bout the l.a. times. half of the staff raised their hands and said yes. so sam i would ask you, what is so frightening about the koch brothers owning a newspaper? is it frightening for michael bloomberg to buy a newspaper? >> well, i mean to me they are. the koch brothers have -- have pursued a very specific political agenda. they have spent hundred us of millions of dollars pursuing that, and we have seen the outcome of that expenditure. so there's every reason to believe that for them a newspaper is a vehicle to espouse a very specific political agenda, and one frankly that i really really strongly disagree with, and one which i would add it would also promote industries, i think -- and lead the way for industries to do sort of the forward blocking for industries that are incredibly destructive to our planet and to our society. so, you know, specifically in the case of the koch brothers, i would be far more concerned about that. bloomberg tying the times i think is a bit of a stretc
times columnest steve lopez asked the staff to raise their hands if they would quit in the koch brothers bout the l.a. times. half of the staff raised their hands and said yes. so sam i would ask you, what is so frightening about the koch brothers owning a newspaper? is it frightening for michael bloomberg to buy a newspaper? >> well, i mean to me they are. the koch brothers have -- have pursued a very specific political agenda. they have spent hundred us of millions of dollars pursuing...
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as bill did mention last hour "60 minutes" steve kroft will sit down with president obama and outgoing secretary of state hillary clinton for a joint interview at the whitehouse today. this is president obama's first joint interview with anyone other than the first lady. that interview will air this sunday. americans still saying keep your hands off of my government healthcare. a new bowl from the kaiser foundition, robert wood foundation and harvard school of public health says 58% people don't want to see cuts to medicare: one harvard processor saying they will cut 8 to 10 cabinet positions before taking money out of medicare. when lawmakers started talking about specifics like raising the eligibility age or means testing said you can expectling backlash. as for the affordable care act, 55% of people say they want their sometime set up the exchanges a prior to this year. up to 133% of the poverty level to help people pale pay for health insurance. back after the break. stay with us stay with us. [ music ] >> it doesn't anymore real than this. >> current's award winning original serie
as bill did mention last hour "60 minutes" steve kroft will sit down with president obama and outgoing secretary of state hillary clinton for a joint interview at the whitehouse today. this is president obama's first joint interview with anyone other than the first lady. that interview will air this sunday. americans still saying keep your hands off of my government healthcare. a new bowl from the kaiser foundition, robert wood foundation and harvard school of public health says 58%...
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>>steve jobs was many things but he was not a politician. [ laughter ] [ recorded show playing in the background ] >> okay. and -- hello current tv fans. i'm the only one that talks to you guys during these breaks. >> i'm playing hard to get. [ laughter ] >> okay. i'm trying not to say something filthy. >> all right. we are back. ♪ >> announcer: stephanie miller -- ♪ holidays, celebrate ♪ ♪ holidays ♪ >> yep that's right, oh, and jacki schechner makes the rules we just follow them. in honor of memorial day, it is white pants free friday. >> thank goodness. >> it's friday with john fugelsang in the new york bureau. >> all three hours. >> yeah, right. >> totally. >> hi brooke. >> hi, stephanie. how everyone. i wish i was calling for a substantive reason. >> who does that? >> i'm married to a bishop in the episcopal church, but i have a love boat story. i don't think the love boat people are reminded of what built their career. my brother was an elevator attendant, and fred granny came on and he said lito deck congressman grandy. and the next day he was fired. >> oh, come on. c
>>steve jobs was many things but he was not a politician. [ laughter ] [ recorded show playing in the background ] >> okay. and -- hello current tv fans. i'm the only one that talks to you guys during these breaks. >> i'm playing hard to get. [ laughter ] >> okay. i'm trying not to say something filthy. >> all right. we are back. ♪ >> announcer: stephanie miller -- ♪ holidays, celebrate ♪ ♪ holidays ♪ >> yep that's right, oh, and jacki...
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arthur, let's say hello to steve in florida. hi, steve. >> good morning. >> what do you say? >> i am calling about this hillary rosen comment. >> uh-huh. >> it's the way this thing is being deflected away from a war against women. this has nothing to do about the war against women. the war against women is all legislative matters and the various states controlled by the republicans, there are some 90 separate issues that either restrict or remove or eliminate women's currently held rights. and there is also issues about their taking away from funding from poor women. this is the war against women. >> that's what the republicans don't want to talk about or defend. right? vote after vote of blocking funding, blocking contraception, blocking equal pay all of that. right? >> we understand that's what the real war against women is all about. >> amen. >> now i think what someone should do is put a microphone in front of mr. romney and ask him to pledge that should he become the president, he will not allow the federal government to pass any legislation that continues to remove thes
arthur, let's say hello to steve in florida. hi, steve. >> good morning. >> what do you say? >> i am calling about this hillary rosen comment. >> uh-huh. >> it's the way this thing is being deflected away from a war against women. this has nothing to do about the war against women. the war against women is all legislative matters and the various states controlled by the republicans, there are some 90 separate issues that either restrict or remove or eliminate...
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. >> stephanie: is that different than steve ducey? >> peter is steve's son. in the worst case of nepotism ever. >> douchey and douchier. >> stephanie: exactly. that's the republican ticket. douchey and douchier. [ ♪ circus ♪ ] okay. lots to get to on debate night. we continue rude pundit next on "the stephanie miller show." >> romney: i love it. it is a fabulous program. >> announcer: it's "the stephanie miller show." (vo) during the debates, it's hard to know what candidates are thinking. unless, of course you've stood at the podium yourself. with governors granholm, spitzer, and vice president gore, watch the only truly experienced presidential debate coverage. but when joint pain and stiffness from psoriatic arthritis hit even the smallest things became difficult. i finally understood what serious joint pain is like. i talked to my rheumatologist and he prescribed enbrel. enbrel can help relieve pain, stiffness, and stop joint damage. because enbrel, etanercept suppresses your immune system, it may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, somet
. >> stephanie: is that different than steve ducey? >> peter is steve's son. in the worst case of nepotism ever. >> douchey and douchier. >> stephanie: exactly. that's the republican ticket. douchey and douchier. [ ♪ circus ♪ ] okay. lots to get to on debate night. we continue rude pundit next on "the stephanie miller show." >> romney: i love it. it is a fabulous program. >> announcer: it's "the stephanie miller show." (vo) during the...
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something an act of ter for does not necessarily mean you are declaring at it terrorist attack. >> steve dooffy. >> stephanie: no megan carlson. >> fox news is to television what blank is to toilet. >> oh, match game. [♪ "jeopardy" theme music ♪] >> jean rayburn. >> i said apartheid. >> stephanie: oh, no dueling charles nelson rileys. karl our best to dexter who is getting fixed this weekend. >> thank you. and i'll see you in new york. >> stephanie: yes, and mitt romney has gotten through an entire campaign with a set of nads, so i'm sure dexter will be fine. >> thank you. >> stephanie: more coffee with carlos next on the "stephanie miller show." ♪ an informed electorate. our country's future depends on you. to help you make informed decisions, watch current tv's politically direct lineup. only on current tv. take the time to learn about the issues. don't just vote, vote smart. ♪ >> i know what you are thinking. who is this jerk? well, this jerk was -- >> announcer: stephanie miller. . >> -- a legend. very big in the '80s. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: not really. coffee with carlos
something an act of ter for does not necessarily mean you are declaring at it terrorist attack. >> steve dooffy. >> stephanie: no megan carlson. >> fox news is to television what blank is to toilet. >> oh, match game. [♪ "jeopardy" theme music ♪] >> jean rayburn. >> i said apartheid. >> stephanie: oh, no dueling charles nelson rileys. karl our best to dexter who is getting fixed this weekend. >> thank you. and i'll see you in new...
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steve says i'm not sure i understand the logic. how it is different from forcing a flower shop to sell to jews or blacks, anybody. this makes no sense. you are absolutely not allowed to discriminate. >> christians don't think it is discrimination, because they think being gay is a choice -- >> stephanie: well, i don't care. >> i'm just trying to give you -- >> stephanie: my religion says it's oogy. >> no, they believe it is a choice and not something you are born with -- >> not all christians. >> right. >> stephanie: [ inaudible ] does not care what you think. >> i know, but they believe being black is not a choice but being gay is. that's the difference in their head. >> stephanie: all right. mitch in wisconsin. you see what i did there? mitch in wisconsin, hi, mitch. >> caller: hi stephanie. i followed the vote yesterday on the gun legislation that went down, and i have an idea. what somebody should do is start a responsible organization of gun owners. there are a lot of people that believe that there should be gun legislation su
steve says i'm not sure i understand the logic. how it is different from forcing a flower shop to sell to jews or blacks, anybody. this makes no sense. you are absolutely not allowed to discriminate. >> christians don't think it is discrimination, because they think being gay is a choice -- >> stephanie: well, i don't care. >> i'm just trying to give you -- >> stephanie: my religion says it's oogy. >> no, they believe it is a choice and not something you are born...
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steve is calling from chicago. hi steve. [ laughter ] >> bill: because i don't care whose idea it is, it is a bad idea. i don't care if it is obama's idea or mitch mcconnell's idea. i want to tell you something else, anybody who calls here and says i'm really an independent. i listen to both sides. you're some right wing zingo who listens to rush limbaugh and calls progressive talk radio shows trying to make a point. get the hell out of here. steve is calling from chicago. >> caller: net effect of sequester, zero, zilch nada, nothing. the problem with hunger here is obesity. people are dying of being fat. we are more concerned about violence gunshots, cleaning up the crap of daley and whether or not jackson will get sentenced to prison. there is no effect at all. >> thank god we went on to a better, more intelligence caller. >> should have stuck with the first guy. >> first guy was at least correct. whatever. >> bill: actually, he's not totally correct. >> well, it is not fair. it is technically accurate at least.
steve is calling from chicago. hi steve. [ laughter ] >> bill: because i don't care whose idea it is, it is a bad idea. i don't care if it is obama's idea or mitch mcconnell's idea. i want to tell you something else, anybody who calls here and says i'm really an independent. i listen to both sides. you're some right wing zingo who listens to rush limbaugh and calls progressive talk radio shows trying to make a point. get the hell out of here. steve is calling from chicago. >>...
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steve, good morning. >> hi, bill, great show as usual. >> mistake or not? what do you think? >> let me say that here in los angeles, there was a pbs program on yesterday for the first time, a frontline program called: syria, behind the lines. unspeakably brutal and bloody what's going on there. absolutely when you watch it really see what's going on there is no doubt that this country needs to get involved, get the cia speaks going, get the arms flow going, give them everything possible to go against the tanks and the planes and things like that. the slaughter is outrageous when you see it in the real thing. americans get off on these video games and junk like that. they need to see the real deal the real thing about what's going on. this idea about the faxes within the rebels that might have some questionable allegiance and questionable, you know future problems as far as jihadists and things like that common sense tells me if i was one of them and i was getting armed, really sophisticated good arms from the west, i would definitely think twice withholding the west in disreg
steve, good morning. >> hi, bill, great show as usual. >> mistake or not? what do you think? >> let me say that here in los angeles, there was a pbs program on yesterday for the first time, a frontline program called: syria, behind the lines. unspeakably brutal and bloody what's going on there. absolutely when you watch it really see what's going on there is no doubt that this country needs to get involved, get the cia speaks going, get the arms flow going, give them...
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that's just steve holland being steve holland added he did not apologize for anything. he's a bit grandiose with the way he describes things. ducci and curtis no strangers. they had a disagreement in the last contact they had was in 2010. ducci threatened to sue curtis for saying he was a member of mensa. >> that's a sueable offense? call. >> member of mensa? maybe in the south. [ laughter ] i don't know. >> i tell you what. you're a member of mensa. >> stephanie: take that! okay. because i have some french music, please. we salute the french. they've just legalized gay marriage. ♪ >> stephanie: socialist president -- he's actually a socialist, francois holland is expected to sign it. despite many -- we've been speak french and russian this morning. despite many in the country remaining fiercely opposed to it, gays rising as the -- majority favor equal right but center right have embraced the protest as a way of opposing. >> you don't pronounce the h. it is silent. anti-gay marriage -- [ laughter ] anti-gay marriage protestors have begun calling their movement french
that's just steve holland being steve holland added he did not apologize for anything. he's a bit grandiose with the way he describes things. ducci and curtis no strangers. they had a disagreement in the last contact they had was in 2010. ducci threatened to sue curtis for saying he was a member of mensa. >> that's a sueable offense? call. >> member of mensa? maybe in the south. [ laughter ] i don't know. >> i tell you what. you're a member of mensa. >> stephanie: take...
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steve rakes was an extortion victim listed in the indictment. both flemmi and weeks they extorted from the liquor store. they took over it. that's where they based their operations. he was an extortion victim. prosecutors decided they weren't going to bring him in as a witness. a day later he's found dead by a jogger in lincoln, like a well-to-do suburb west of boston. a kind of place he didn't frequent. it is a little strange it seems his body was brought there and the question is why. the autopsy results were inconclusive. we've gone to toxicology which can take a few weeks. but it is suspicious. no reason to think -- have no connection to the bulger trial but it makes it all the more strange. >> bill: to me it looks like the long arm of whitey bulger is still out there and active even while the guy is on trial for the other 19 murders. it is just bizarre. milton, it will make a great book. i hope you're keeping good notes here. >> we are. >> bill: we appreciate your taking time out to bring us up to date here on the "full court press" this mo
steve rakes was an extortion victim listed in the indictment. both flemmi and weeks they extorted from the liquor store. they took over it. that's where they based their operations. he was an extortion victim. prosecutors decided they weren't going to bring him in as a witness. a day later he's found dead by a jogger in lincoln, like a well-to-do suburb west of boston. a kind of place he didn't frequent. it is a little strange it seems his body was brought there and the question is why. the...
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steve, i gotta tell you i am amazed at the job that umpires do. i could never stand there and you know, i mean there are some obvious strikes and some obvious balls but if those ones that are on the border line, you know, right on the corner, man, i would not trust myself with a call like that. so i admire the work that you do. even at the high school level. but imagine if you were called up to the big leagues tonight man! >> caller: that's what i'm saying, i have friends who have been aaa minor league umpires and you know, guys who have worked in the big leagues but make the living getting strikes out and figuring out exactly where the umpire was going to call that strike. i wanted to make a comment on your point about romney and ryan and scott walker and -- they won't learn anything, bill. >> bill: yeah. >> caller: in my opinion at least, they live on the idea that -- and paul ryan's best example of this. this is a guy who voted for -- has voted for medicare part d and it was a good thing to do but not in the way it was done. they're not going t
steve, i gotta tell you i am amazed at the job that umpires do. i could never stand there and you know, i mean there are some obvious strikes and some obvious balls but if those ones that are on the border line, you know, right on the corner, man, i would not trust myself with a call like that. so i admire the work that you do. even at the high school level. but imagine if you were called up to the big leagues tonight man! >> caller: that's what i'm saying, i have friends who have been...
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steve kush executive -- of >> bernleeo -- >> stephanie: republican party in new mexico took to twitter to abuse a 19-year-old working volunteer, nice hat, but damn you are a bitch! [ applause ] >> she is not to be taken seriously because she is wearing a hat. >> stephanie: right. >> neither could marcus bachmann. >> stephanie: oh anthony weiner he says he can't say if other pictures exist. [ wah wah ] >> stephanie: he admits there might be other embarrassing photos of him out there that have yet to rise to the top. he did not deny that there was a possibility that there could be other photos -- >> it wasn't a firm denial? >> stephanie: no it was a little soft. if reporters want to fine more i can't say that there may not be more, but the basics of the story are not going to change. >> so he is getting the shaft in other words. >> stephanie: yes, jim thank you. >> just the tip of the iceberg. >> stephanie: just the tip. >> he wants to get ahead of the story. >> stephanie: well, and who wouldn't. david brooks wrote about ted cruz -- [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> 206 communists
steve kush executive -- of >> bernleeo -- >> stephanie: republican party in new mexico took to twitter to abuse a 19-year-old working volunteer, nice hat, but damn you are a bitch! [ applause ] >> she is not to be taken seriously because she is wearing a hat. >> stephanie: right. >> neither could marcus bachmann. >> stephanie: oh anthony weiner he says he can't say if other pictures exist. [ wah wah ] >> stephanie: he admits there might be other...
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steve -- i thought for a second it said steve perry but it is steve calling from perrysville indiana. i was going to ask how you felt about that filipino scab filling in for you on the road in journey. how are you? >> caller: just fine. the way i see it, the leaders are the ones that are always causing the trouble. and i think they ought to take them and put them in a room all by themselves and say you know, the leaders the generals and all of the leaders just say you take care of it here because you're not going to kill off all of your people. doing stuff like that. >> john: jimmy carter sort of made that work. israel and egypt were mortal enemies. it was president carter who came to -- had them to come camp david and made them negotiate a peace agreement that has lasted for over 30 years although now it seems like it is in jeopardy now that the americans supported dictator is out of power. would you agree that's sort of what president clinton tried to do with arafat was to bring the leaders together and try to make them hash out something? >> sure. but you know, with these leaders,
steve -- i thought for a second it said steve perry but it is steve calling from perrysville indiana. i was going to ask how you felt about that filipino scab filling in for you on the road in journey. how are you? >> caller: just fine. the way i see it, the leaders are the ones that are always causing the trouble. and i think they ought to take them and put them in a room all by themselves and say you know, the leaders the generals and all of the leaders just say you take care of it here...
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. >> stephanie: steve. subject line, brains. okay. i guess -- the implication already would be that he has them and we don't. but okay. here we go. where do you people get your brains at i -- can i say there's not a period in this entire thing. where do you people get your brains at i think yours -- y-o-u-r aprost rophy s -- i think yours are stuck at the bottom of your feel oboma -- o-b-o-m-a, one would have to think he meant obama. anyone that thinks -- that's with an apostrophe s -- anyone who thinks -- also with an apostrophe s -- anyone who thinks guns are the problem needs to get help. guns don't kill people do wake up. [ applause ] >> wow. >> actually guns do kill. >> no! it burns! >> it burns your eyes! >> no. >> how many apostrophes did he put in that? >> way too many superfluous apostrophes. >> stephanie: all right. thank you for your thoughts steve. much appreciated. representative maxine waters coming up next hour. we'll talk sequester, gun control, state of the union et cetera. sexy liberal hal sparks in the chair for hou
. >> stephanie: steve. subject line, brains. okay. i guess -- the implication already would be that he has them and we don't. but okay. here we go. where do you people get your brains at i -- can i say there's not a period in this entire thing. where do you people get your brains at i think yours -- y-o-u-r aprost rophy s -- i think yours are stuck at the bottom of your feel oboma -- o-b-o-m-a, one would have to think he meant obama. anyone that thinks -- that's with an apostrophe s --...
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good point steve. jokes about eating dog and ann says just imagine if our president had joked about not finding any wmds in iraq after we sent our finest to justify this boondoggle. the outrage. love your show. you're even better on tv. not everybody is a fan. lisa fox e-mails in. nah, nah, nah, nah. you people better watch out because obama and all of you fagots and baby killers will be surprised when you're taken out and on your asses. this is a christian-loving country. she doesn't sound like much of a christian to me. then she says if you don't like it, why don't you just die. good christian talk, lisa! god loves you. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." >> bill: hey, good morning everybody! it is tuesday, may 1. good morning and welcome to the "full court press." here on current tv. i'm bill press liberal and proud of it. you bet! we tackle the big issues of the day here in our nation's capitol, around the country and around the globe. and take your calls at 866-55-press. remember all of t
good point steve. jokes about eating dog and ann says just imagine if our president had joked about not finding any wmds in iraq after we sent our finest to justify this boondoggle. the outrage. love your show. you're even better on tv. not everybody is a fan. lisa fox e-mails in. nah, nah, nah, nah. you people better watch out because obama and all of you fagots and baby killers will be surprised when you're taken out and on your asses. this is a christian-loving country. she doesn't sound...
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steve is out in chino california. what do you say steve? >> caller: good morning. >> bill: what's up? >> caller: personally, no, i'm not doing better than i was four years ago. i know this country is doing a hell of a lot better than it was four years ago. just let everybody know president obama wasn't president four years ago. >> bill: that question means under his term really. but you say you yourself are not and yet still you see the benefit for the country. >> caller: oh, absolutely. the country is moving forward. four years ago, it is like today, they're talking about labor day gas prices. they're up 12 cents over four years ago. but they had just gone up. a refinery in san francisco burnt down. under president bush in june of 2008, the gas was $4.40 coming down. so you know, it is one way you know, things are looking better and on the other way things were on their way down. this president brought us back from the brink with opposition. he was stopped at every single term. they tried to say he had government for two years. he actually
steve is out in chino california. what do you say steve? >> caller: good morning. >> bill: what's up? >> caller: personally, no, i'm not doing better than i was four years ago. i know this country is doing a hell of a lot better than it was four years ago. just let everybody know president obama wasn't president four years ago. >> bill: that question means under his term really. but you say you yourself are not and yet still you see the benefit for the country. >>...
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steve is up in vermont. good morning. >> caller: listen, you know, as far as the campaign getting negative and the press being upset with the democrats they're just not used to democrats who actually fight back. i mean they accept it when republicans like dick cheney in 2004 said if you elect democrats, we'll get hit with another terrorist attack. >> bill: right. >> caller: or you know, every five minutes john sununu is on some other cable show, accusing barack obama of not being american. >> bill: right. >> because they're republicans. that's what they expect. cheating, dirty politicians. but when the democrats get a little -- oh, my god you can't do that. >> bill: i would say when democrats tell the truth and fight back, steve that's an excellent point! excellent point. they're just not used to democrats who have a backbone. and now we're seeing it. thanks for the call. milton from frankfurt illinois. hey, milton, what do you say? milton? talk to me. >> caller: yes. bill, like you said, they just lie. they
steve is up in vermont. good morning. >> caller: listen, you know, as far as the campaign getting negative and the press being upset with the democrats they're just not used to democrats who actually fight back. i mean they accept it when republicans like dick cheney in 2004 said if you elect democrats, we'll get hit with another terrorist attack. >> bill: right. >> caller: or you know, every five minutes john sununu is on some other cable show, accusing barack obama of not...
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who is offered an escape from poverty by a great teacher or grant from college could become the next steve jobs or the scientist who cures cancer, or the president of the united states, and it is in our power to give her that chance. [ cheers and applause ] >> we know that churches and charities can often make more of a difference than a poverty program alone. we don't want handouts for people who refuse to help themselves, and we certainly don't want bailouts for banks that break the rules. [ cheers and applause ] >> we don't think the government can solve all of our problems, but we don't think that the government is the source of all of our problems any more than our welfare recipients or corporations or unions or immigrants or gays or any other group we're told to blame for our troubles. [ cheers and applause ] >> because -- because america -- we understand that this democracy is ours. we, the people recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies are bound together; that a freedom which asks only what is in it for me a freedom without commitment to others
who is offered an escape from poverty by a great teacher or grant from college could become the next steve jobs or the scientist who cures cancer, or the president of the united states, and it is in our power to give her that chance. [ cheers and applause ] >> we know that churches and charities can often make more of a difference than a poverty program alone. we don't want handouts for people who refuse to help themselves, and we certainly don't want bailouts for banks that break the...
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steve is in portland, oregon right? >> caller: yep. think. >> bill: hey, steve, how you doing? >> caller: at one point bob schieffer said he mentioned the iranian threat and he followed it up saying if israel were to attack, would you stand -- i think is there any chance in the world iran would initiate a war with israel. i was exasperated both candidates took the question seriously. i turned it off at that point. >> bill: i was struck by that, too. isn't that where romney said -- oh no, it was if netanyahu called you and said our bombers are on the way to iran and mitt romney -- i thought correctly there said look, i'm not going to get into a hypothetical like that. this was strange on schieffer's part. otherwise, steve i thought schieffer did an excellent job. more than any other moderator has been able to keep them on track. he didn't let them -- >> he kept them on track without interrupting. he kept them in line. >> bill: without whining. at one point i remember romney said after obama had just finished and romney said you have to give me a chance to respond to all of these
steve is in portland, oregon right? >> caller: yep. think. >> bill: hey, steve, how you doing? >> caller: at one point bob schieffer said he mentioned the iranian threat and he followed it up saying if israel were to attack, would you stand -- i think is there any chance in the world iran would initiate a war with israel. i was exasperated both candidates took the question seriously. i turned it off at that point. >> bill: i was struck by that, too. isn't that where...
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but anyway, quote steve schmitt who lamented how much the power and influence of the g.o.p. noise machine has over republican leadership. it is a big issue for them. >> it is. it is almost impossible for them to divorce themselves from the right wing media. we heard more criticism of mitt romney particularly the republican governor's association going after him for the gift comments he made which was sort of another version of the 47% comment. they're saying you can't talk to voters that way. noy, jindal from -- you know,endle from louisiana saying this is what the republican party has to get away from. who practically authored the 47% comments? who cheered romney's gift comments? fox news, rush limbaugh. they love this stuff. i wrote about it during the campaign. you know. republican operatives who run campaigns for a living and know or think they know how to win independent voters look at fox news and say you are killing us. you are driving the party into the ground. you can't -- you can't do blunt. you can't win national elections or statewide elections and follow the fox
but anyway, quote steve schmitt who lamented how much the power and influence of the g.o.p. noise machine has over republican leadership. it is a big issue for them. >> it is. it is almost impossible for them to divorce themselves from the right wing media. we heard more criticism of mitt romney particularly the republican governor's association going after him for the gift comments he made which was sort of another version of the 47% comment. they're saying you can't talk to voters that...
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my friend steve ratner wrote a column recently speculating -- because he is in that world, and has seen the one partial year that is out. and his view is romney was so aggressive that it would be really embarrassing. but really i don't know. >> in making sure he wasn't paying his share of taxes? >> right. >> that leads into a very interesting story, and by the way, paul ryan is going to speak in a bit, but we found out that they had what was called the victory council of romney on a yacht. that's where the real convention is happening -- >> in tampa? >> yeah, the real excitement is on a yacht literally, and the yacht is called cracker bay, and it was 50 guys who had given over a million dollars to romney. it was not on anyone's schedule so credit to abc news for breaking that story and even the yacht was flying a cayman island's flag. amazing. [ laughter ] >> the real convention. >> there were not many days to campaign between the announcement of paul ryan as the vp pick and this speech that he is going to make in a short time here at the convention. so how did he spend those days? he t
my friend steve ratner wrote a column recently speculating -- because he is in that world, and has seen the one partial year that is out. and his view is romney was so aggressive that it would be really embarrassing. but really i don't know. >> in making sure he wasn't paying his share of taxes? >> right. >> that leads into a very interesting story, and by the way, paul ryan is going to speak in a bit, but we found out that they had what was called the victory council of...
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>> caller: when you brought up steve ratner, i saw a morning show yesterday, he was saying that comment. and it got me thinking, it really upset me. because i'm originally from north carolina. i know some of the best tricks that republicans use and stuff like that to demagogue or to brainwash their voters. i was just like when you look at msnbc and i see djokhar borough. i don't want to talk ill about anybody but i'm getting upset that you know, this is how politics is. republicans just bully bully bully. democrats, back up, back up, back up. >> bill: not all of us back up, sean right? more of us have to fight back. that's the point, i think. >> caller: true, true. that's why i started noticing your show a few weeks ago. i really like it. i really enjoy it and i like that you have passion and you have truth behind you and you really fight for it. but we're losing. because republicans they'll get out here and lie and lie and lie. >> bill: sean, i really appreciate. now you have an alternative morning bill, if i may and tell your friends keep watching and we'll not back down. we'll keep t
>> caller: when you brought up steve ratner, i saw a morning show yesterday, he was saying that comment. and it got me thinking, it really upset me. because i'm originally from north carolina. i know some of the best tricks that republicans use and stuff like that to demagogue or to brainwash their voters. i was just like when you look at msnbc and i see djokhar borough. i don't want to talk ill about anybody but i'm getting upset that you know, this is how politics is. republicans just...
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here is steve calling from just outside of washington, manassas, virginia. hey, steve, good morning. >> caller: good morning, bill. absolutely love your show. love the crew. i hope you had a normal friday. >> bill: well, it was not too bad, actually. busy friday. oh that's right. >> different kind of normal friday. >> bill: i got it. >> caller: okay. listen to your show constantly. love it. regarding this john edwards issue, it is interesting that they prosecute john while at the same time leaving people like john ensen from nevada alone. >> bill: yeah, hello right? or david vidder. >> caller: exactly. john ensen had an affair with the wife of one of his staff workers. and his family -- >> bill: his parents. >> caller: who are casino owners and with contributing money from sheldon adelson tried to buy off the woman. >> bill: i'm glad you reminded us of that. his parents paid her -- him i think the husband or the woman that couple $100,000 as hush money, right? >> caller: exactly. >> bill: never prosecuted. >> caller: right. go after him. >> bill: he's out of
here is steve calling from just outside of washington, manassas, virginia. hey, steve, good morning. >> caller: good morning, bill. absolutely love your show. love the crew. i hope you had a normal friday. >> bill: well, it was not too bad, actually. busy friday. oh that's right. >> different kind of normal friday. >> bill: i got it. >> caller: okay. listen to your show constantly. love it. regarding this john edwards issue, it is interesting that they prosecute...